Wednesday 22 February 2017

Rice Paper


Rice Paper

Hallo Everyone!

Loving the lighter evenings now
although there's still time for
crafting............

Louise Thomson is with us
today to start the new theme 
with a useful door hanger 


"Today I’ve been having a play with beautiful rice paper. 
It’s so versatile, you can add it to pretty much 
any alterable item to make a beautiful gift.

Start with an alterable door hanger
and give it a coat of white gesso
front and back

Next gild the edges with green gilding wax applied with a soft cloth

I chose a garden print rice paper and 
selected some of my favourite parts to 
start decoupaging together.




Don’t worry about having overhanging edges – 
these can be tidied up once you’re happy with the arrangement. 
I found little bits of foliage and flowers could be used
 to soften the edges between joins.  

Fix the paper down with a decoupage glue, 
or alternatively use a 50/50 mix of pva and water. 
Once it is really dry, sand the edges in 
downward strokes to get a neat finish. 
There happened to be a wodge of sandpaper 
on my desk but a sanding block would be the
 ideal tool for this


Blend a selection of distress inks on to 
smooth finish card. 
I used bundled sage and pumice stone. 


From this, die cut the lettering you require.


Paint a little fresco paint on to your door hanger in patches 
where you wish to add your lettering. 
I used nougat which has a lovely opaque finish 
but you can still see some of the print through the paint. 


Once dry, glue on the lettering.


Stencil on some more distress ink to tie the whole theme together.

Here is the finished front....


..... and the back"



Project materials:


Thank you Louise - such a useful way 
to let the family know where to find you


'Till tomorrow
Mickie xx







2 comments:

  1. This door hanger has a beautiful dreamy, country feel. Love it X

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  2. This would make a gorgeous gift for someone, love it. Angela xXx

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